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<div class="gmail_quote"><br>Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 2:08 PM<br>Subject: [toads] [Fwd: [risingtideworldwide] Avonmouth (UK) targeted for<br>international day of climate action]<br><br><br>> Brilliant! Nice one to the B&B crew!<br>
> ---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------<br>> Subject: [risingtideworldwide] Avonmouth (UK) targeted for international<br>> day of climate action<br>> From:    "Rising Tide" <<a href="mailto:info@risingtide.org.uk">info@risingtide.org.uk</a>><br>
> Date:    Tue, October 12, 2010 10:30 am<br>> To:      <a href="mailto:info@risingtide.org.uk">info@risingtide.org.uk</a><br>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>
><br>> [For immediate release]<br>><br>> [12/10/2010]<br>><br>> Avonmouth (UK) targeted for international day of climate action<br>><br>> This morning activists from Bristol and Bath Rising Tide (1) dropped a<br>
> banner reading 'IMPORT CO2AL: EXPORT POVERTY' from Avonmouth bridge near<br>> the docks, as part of a global week of action for climate and<br>> environmental justice.<br>><br>> The Royal Portbury Docks contains one of the largest coal import terminals<br>
> in the UK. There are currently plans to build several new coal power<br>> stations in the UK, and 71% of coal used in Britain is imported, from as<br>> far as Colombia and Australia. (2)<br>><br>> Tracy Jones from Rising Tide said "Fossil fuel extraction devastates<br>
> communities, from villages destroyed by floods in Pakistan to land grabs<br>> in Colombia, and is being resisted around the world. The failure of the<br>> Copenhagen climate summit shows that governments have their hands in the<br>
> pockets of corporations and cannot be trusted. It's up to ordinary people<br>> to take direct action to stop climate chaos."<br>><br>> October 12 - 16 is the Global Minga (3) in Defence of Mother Earth, an<br>
> international week of action for climate and environmental justice called<br>> by indigenous peoples from the Americas, social movements and allies<br>> around the world. Further actions are happening in London this<br>
> Saturday(4), which people from Bristol will be attending.<br>><br>> Notes for editors<br>><br>> (1)In April activists from Bristol and Bath Rising Tide chained themselves<br>> to the railway at Ffos y Fran, the largest opencast mine in the UK, to<br>
> stop a train carrying coal to Aberthaw power station. In August they<br>> received conditional discharges. For a full report see:<br>> <a href="http://risingtide.org.uk/node/353" target="_blank">http://risingtide.org.uk/node/353</a><br>
> (2)<a href="http://www.coalimp.org.uk/9.html" target="_blank">http://www.coalimp.org.uk/9.html</a><br>> (3)In the Quechua language of Ecuador, minga means the coming together of<br>> a community for the betterment of all.<br>
><br><a href="http://intercontinentalcry.org/global-minga-in-defense-of-mother-earth-october-12-2010/" target="_blank">http://intercontinentalcry.org/global-minga-in-defense-of-mother-earth-october-12-2010/</a><br>> <a href="http://www.beyondtalk.net/action/atlas-of-resistance/" target="_blank">http://www.beyondtalk.net/action/atlas-of-resistance/</a><br>
> (4)16 October in London - 'A Crude Awakening' mass action against the oil<br>> industry.<br>> <a href="http://www.crudeawakening.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.crudeawakening.org.uk/</a><br>><br>
> For further information, see:<br>> <a href="http://www.risingtide.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.risingtide.org.uk</a><br>> or contact:<br>> <a href="mailto:bristol@risingtide.org.uk">bristol@risingtide.org.uk</a><br>
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